Solving the QI Knowledge-Engagement Puzzle

In: Quality Report
By: Wisconsin Hospital Association
Published: 1/1/2009

A series of reports was released by the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHA) and the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) on the current state of quality improvement practices in Wisconsin hospitals. WCHA and the WHA worked together to conduct surveys with hospital-based quality improvement managers and staff nurses to better understand their level of knowledge and experience with quality improvement.

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